The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined LPL Financial (LPL) $3 million and ordered the firm to pay $100,000 plus interest in restitution because the firm allegedly “failed to reasonably supervise transfers of customer funds to third parties,” according to the self-regulatory organization (SRO) for U.S. broker-dealers. LPL, a FINRA member since 1973, has… Read More >>
FINRA Fines TFA for Alleged Supervisory Failures
FINRA, the financial services industry’s self-regulatory organization, reports that Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. (TFA) has “agreed to pay approximately $4.4 million in restitution to approximately 2,400 customers for failing to supervise its registered representatives’ recommendations of three different products — variable annuities, mutual funds, and 529 plans.” FINRA also fined TFA an additional $4.4 million,… Read More >>
Supervisory Failures Alleged in Wells Fargo Annuity Switches
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority reports that Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC, two units of the San Francisco-based, multinational financial services company, will pay more than $2 million on charges of “supervisory violations related to variable annuity switches.” The Wells Fargo units will pay an additional $1.4 million… Read More >>
Cantor Fitzgerald Fined $2M for Alleged SHO Violations
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) reports that it has fined Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. $2 million for regulation SHO violations and supervisory failures spanning a period of at least five years. The SEC adopted regulation SHO to “address concerns regarding persistent failures to deliver and potentially abusive ‘naked’ short selling, e.g., the sale of… Read More >>
Deutsche Bank to Repay Misled CMBS Clients
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (DBSI) will be repaying “more than $3.7 million to customers,” including $1.48 million in disgorgements as part of a settlement with the SEC, which is alleging that the Deutsche Bank subsidiary misled customers about the pricing of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBSes) from March 2011 to August 2015. DBSI, which once operated… Read More >>
FINRA Cracks Down on Deutsche Bank Securities, Scottrade
While alleged acts of fraud by Wall Street firms have gotten the spotlight this year, financial services regulator, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), is making the point with some firms that they need to maintain high standards for regulatory reporting and for keeping their books and records as specified by industry watchdogs. Most recently,… Read More >>
